Jan Loeb
Chairman
Mr. Loeb has more than 35 years of business, money management and investment banking experience. He has been the Managing Member of Leap Tide Capital Management LLC since 2007 and has served as President and CEO of Acorn Energy, Inc. since January 2016 and as a Director since August 2015. He was a Director of Keweenaw Land Association, Ltd. from December 2016 through May 2019. From 2005 to 2007, Mr. Loeb was President of Leap Tide’s predecessor, formerly known as AmTrust Capital Management Inc. He served as a Portfolio Manager of Chesapeake Partners from February 2004 to January 2005 and as Managing Director at Jefferies & Company, Inc. from 2002 to 2004. From 1994 to 2001, he served as Managing Director at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Inc. (formerly Wasserstein Perella & Co., Inc.). Mr. Loeb was a Lead Director of American Pacific Corporation from 2013 to 2014 and a Director from 1997 to 2014. He also served as an Independent Director of Pernix Therapeutics Holdings Inc. (formerly, Golf Trust of America, Inc.) from 2006 to 2011 and as a Director of TAT Technologies, Ltd. from 2009 to 2016.
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Tracy Clifford
Director
Ms. Clifford has over twenty years of experience in accounting and finance, including mergers and acquisitions of public companies. Ms. Clifford was named CFO of Acorn Energy, Inc. in June 2018 and since 2015 she has served as a contract CFO and COO for several clients, participated on advisory boards and worked on numerous project engagements. Ms. Clifford previously served as CFO, Principal Accounting Officer, Corporate Controller and Secretary for a publicly-traded pharmaceutical company and a publicly-traded REIT from 1999 to 2015. Ms. Clifford's prior experience included accounting leadership positions at United Healthcare, the North Broward Hospital District and the audit team of Deloitte & Touche.
Eric Richman
Director
Mr. Richman is a life science executive with significant leadership, operational and strategic experience from over 25 years in the field. He is currently CEO of Gain Therapeutics, Chairman of LabConnect, Inc and Founder and Executive Chairman of InFuse Holdings. Previously, he served as President & CEO of PharmAthene and prior to that was part of the founding team at MedImmune, responsible for the U.S. launch of its first commercial product an integral part of the global launch teams for other products. He began his career at HealthCare Ventures, a life-sciences focused VC firm and has served as Venture Partner at Brace Pharma Capital, Allele Capital and Broad Oak Capital. He serves as Director of Neubase Therapeutics, ADMA biologics, F2G and other private and public companies.
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Mitchell Rubenstein
Director
Mr. Rubenstein co-founded and served as Chairman and CEO of the predecessor to NovelStem from its inception in 1993 to June 2018, during which period the company returned approximately $37 million to shareholders in the form of dividends and share repurchases, including a tender offer. He founded Syfy Channel and numerous other media businesses.
David Seltzer
Director
Mr. Seltzer is the CEO and Founder of Reliable 1 Laboratories LLC, a distributor of OTC medications and nutritional supplements to independent pharmacies, long-term care pharmacies, hospitals and government organizations. He is also a minority owner and Director at Leading Pharma LLC, a generic manufacturer of prescription drugs, having previously served as President and CEO and later Chairman of Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc., which was acquired by Akorn, Inc., for $640 million in 2014.
Jerry Wolasky
Director
Mr. Wolasky has over 35 years experience in the wholesale Pharmaceutical business, most recently for the past 15 years in his current role as President of HealthSource Distributors LLC. He previously served in executive positions of increasing responsibility for AmerisourceBergen, and its predecessor company, Bergen Brunswig.
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